Books About Talking to Your Kids About Sex

Updated on June 16, 2011
D.H. asks from Lewisville, TX
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My husband and I want to prepare ourselves for teaching our kids about sex. I wanted to know if anyone has any recommendations about any books written specifically for parents and for books written for kids about sex or introducing the concept of sex to our kids.
Thank you!

Update: Thanks for all of the replies so far. My son is 5 and my daughter is 7 and both know the proper names for their body parts and such as they've asked about that since our youngest was born. We talk about things as they ask questions but I do not want to wait until my oldest actually starts asking questions because she's heard something at school. I think that is already too late by then and they might have already gotten some incorrect information about sex.
We are Christian and really want to have a biblical approach to sex. My husband and I plan on having a discussion with our daughter about sex before she goes back to school in the fall so I wanted to check out some approaches to the "sex talk" before we decide exactly how we plan on approaching it.
Currently we do plan on talking to her about what sex is (she knows the parts and that babies come out of a mom's vagina- that's all she's asked about so far), then we plan on talking about how the world views sex and then segwaying that into how the Bible views sex. This will simply be our introduction as we plan on having numerous talks with our children over the years about sex and their bodies.
I do plan on going to the bookstore one evening and looking through the many books that they have. I just wanted to know if anyone had a book that they'd read (for parents or children) that they really thought took a good approach to the discussion.

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K.W.

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This is hard to answer without knowing how old your kids are.

For younger kids, it is usually better to just answer questions they have. Make sure your kids know they can ask you questions. Reading a few "where do babies come from?' type books together may open the doors.

For older kids, have a few books around that reflect your values for them to read. Make sure they are in a location where they can read them without admitting to you that they're reading them. Do your best to keep communication lines open. Grab "teachable moments" whenever you see an opportunity.

I'm not sure I can give you specific recommendations for books unless I know how old your kids are and something about your values around human sexuality.

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G.D.

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This is what I did,...I asked my kids did they know what sex is? They said "yes". I asked them what did they know about it, and we went from there. You dont need a book, just be honest. But keep is PG

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G.T.

answers from Modesto on

I never had to refer to a book. Just answer your childs questions as they arise. They will cue you as to how much they want or need to know depending on how old they are.

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J.A.

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I went to the local library and searched amazon.com. Two books that were accessible for a wide range of ages and started young (think Kindergarten age) that we really liked were It's Not the Stork and It's So Amazing both by Robin Harris and Micheal Emberley. If I remember correctly there is a preface for parents on how to use the books and guidelines to field questions.

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Stork-Families-Friends/dp/0...

Like others have said, we try to pay attention to teachable moments...I have oppisite sex children who bathe together and obviously ask questions...my kids have seen me dealing my period in the bathroom and ask questions...we call body parts by their names, not just nicknames, etc.
Good luck.

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M.P.

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Our library has a section on parenting that includes books for parents and books for kids.

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